<p>Walmart is teaming up with a company called Zipline to launch drone delivery program early next year that will deliver health and wellness products close to the retailer's headquarters in Northwest Arkansas.</p>.<p>Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, said Monday that it plans to eventually expand to general merchandise.</p>.<p>It's the second delivery drone deal for Walmart within a week. It's using drones from startup Flytrex to deliver groceries and household essentials from its Walmart stores in North Carolina.</p>.<p>Zipline, founded in 2014, has the world's largest drone delivery network and began operating in late 2016 in Rwanda primarily focusing on-demand delivery of medical supplies. The California company has now delivered more than 200,0000 medical items to thousands of health facilities in numerous countries.</p>.<p>Amazon.com recently won regulatory approval to deliver packages by drone, but it's still testing the self-piloting aircraft and didn't say when they could be used to deliver goods to shoppers on a large scale. UPS and a company owned by Google have also won regulatory approval to deliver by drones.</p>
<p>Walmart is teaming up with a company called Zipline to launch drone delivery program early next year that will deliver health and wellness products close to the retailer's headquarters in Northwest Arkansas.</p>.<p>Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, said Monday that it plans to eventually expand to general merchandise.</p>.<p>It's the second delivery drone deal for Walmart within a week. It's using drones from startup Flytrex to deliver groceries and household essentials from its Walmart stores in North Carolina.</p>.<p>Zipline, founded in 2014, has the world's largest drone delivery network and began operating in late 2016 in Rwanda primarily focusing on-demand delivery of medical supplies. The California company has now delivered more than 200,0000 medical items to thousands of health facilities in numerous countries.</p>.<p>Amazon.com recently won regulatory approval to deliver packages by drone, but it's still testing the self-piloting aircraft and didn't say when they could be used to deliver goods to shoppers on a large scale. UPS and a company owned by Google have also won regulatory approval to deliver by drones.</p>